Disclaimer: I own nothing anymore.
Here's the next chapter. It's a loooooong time later now, around, say, seven months. You guys like sweet stories? So do I. You like them, don't you?
You're not going to like the ending of this story. Just four or five more chapters, my children. And then the voyage is done.
*/*/*
Nny kicked his boots off as not to get any mud on Devi's carpet as he strode into her apartment. He could hear Devi and Tenna talking as he walked in.
"I'm back!" he called, looking around the living room.
"Hiya Nny. We're in the kitchen!" Devi called.
"Heya Johnny!" Tenna called.
Nny smiled as he walked into the kitchen. He and Devi had attained friendship status in the last seven months. Though Nny couldn't deny his ever present 'feelings' for Devi, he supposed friendship was the best he could hope for, and he was grateful for it. It made him feel very happy having these two friends he had so strangely made; he'd never really had friends before. Devi and Tenna were the first companions he could recall, though he did slightly remember having little playmates when he was in grade school.
"I got the groceries," Nny said , holding up the brown paper bag.
"Thanks Nny. I could have gone, but……it kind of takes a lot of energy toting 'this' around," Devi said, gesturing to her distended belly. Nny chuckled, sitting down in a chair.
"So Devi, when do you think the baby's coming. You're about three days overdue," Tenna said.
"I don't know. I hope soon. It's getting sort of tight around the middle for me," Devi said.
"I suppose it would," Nny said. He no longer felt that Devi resented him for putting her in her current state. They were on good terms again.
Nny was seriously wondering what was going to happen when the baby was born. He was thinking that it was going to be put up for adoption, but he wasn't entirely sure about that. He wondered what exactly what was going to happen.
"Uh, guys," Devi said, glancing around wildly.
"What?" Nny asked, dropping his thoughts.
"I think…….you know!"
"Wuh?" Tenna asked stupidly.
"I think it's coming!"
"Ohhhhhhh!" Tenna said.
Nny took action.
"OK, let's go," he said. He and Tenna helped Devi out of the apartment.
"We need to get a cab," Tenna said.
"Yeah. OK, Tenna, you get Devi a cab. Get her to the hospital. I'll go pack what we need and meet you at the hospital as soon as I can," Nny said.
"OK," Tenna said, and began helping Devi, who was breathing hard, down the hall. Nny patted Devi on the back.
"You're gonna be fine," he said, and then turned around and dove back into Devi's apartment, where he proceeded to find a suitcase.
Outside, Tenna hailed a cab.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
It seemed as though the cab was moving at a snail's pace. Nny gripped the back of the seat hard.
"Can't you go any faster?" he asked the driver, who only grunted.
"One speed only," he said.
"Come ON! My friend is having a baby!!! Hurry!" Nny yelled. The driver continued to inch along. "MOVE IT!!!!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
It was almost three hours later when the cab finally pulled up in front of the hospital. Nny threw a small wad of money at the driver's face and leaped out.
"Thanks a lot!" he called sarcastically at him, running inside.
A ways away at the front desk for the maternity section (or whatever), Nny halted, panting.
"What room's Devi D. in!?" he gasped, out of breath from running. He'd been yelled at by a bunch of people, but it hadn't stopped him from running like a bat out of hell.
"I can't give you that information, sir," said the woman at the desk, an unattractive bleached-blond thing with a nasty look on her face.
Nny grumbled. He whipped a knife out of his pocket and held it under her chin. She looked terrified.
"Where is Devi D.?" Nny asked again.
"Fine fine I'll check the records!" she gasped. He kept the knife close to her throat as she flipped through the records. "Room 319!" she gasped finally.
"Thank you for your cooperation. Now, I apologize for this, but you can't live after I've threatened you, or you'll end up getting me caught," Nny said, and with that he flung the sharp, long knife forward and decapitated her in one swift motion. Then he marched off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
After a few more seconds of furious running, Nny flung open the door of room 319, panting his head off. Devi was lying in the bed, holding something, and Tenna sat in a chair by the bed. Devi looked up and saw Nny. Her face was flushed and sweaty, but she grinned.
"Hey Nny, c'mere," Devi said. Nny walked over to the bed and stood there. The thing Devi was holding turned out to be a baby, and Nny was enthralled and nervous at the same time. The baby had black hair, green eyes, and was doing the general baby things. (I'm trying not to let my rather irrational hatred for babies show in this. Is it working?)
"Meet your son," Devi said, grinning. Nny didn't know what to do. He gave the baby a nervous little wave.
"He's a handsome little thing. What…….what's his name?" Nny asked.
"Yeah he is," Devi said, smiling. And then she frowned in concentration for a moment, oddly looking at Nny rather than the baby, then looking back and forth between the two. Then she smiled.
"His name's Johnny," she said. She held him out to Nny, and he took him nervously after a moment. Somehow he instinctively knew how to hold the little creature.
"You're naming him after me?" Nny asked, thinking that it was odd that she was naming an innocent baby after a homicidal maniac.
"Yes. He looks just like you. Look," Devi said. Nny looked.
Devi was right. The messy black hair on the baby's head oddly resembled Nny's. Though the eyes were Devi's shade of green, they were the same shape as Nny's. And the face was a miniature version of Nny's, though the angles were softened slightly.
"He does," Nny said, slightly awed.
"See. I told you," Devi said.
"So sweet," Tenna commented.
A nurse entered the room, looking at Nny suspiciously before speaking to Devi.
"What's his name?" she asked her, gesturing to the baby.
"Johnny," Devi replied.
"Very well then. Well, we gotta take him to the nursery now," the nurse said, coming over to them.
Nny handed baby Johnny to her somewhat reluctantly. She took him away. (baby Johnny, not Nny)
When she was gone, he spoke to Devi.
"Congratulations, Devi," he said.
"He's yours too, you know," she said.
"Well still, you had to go through the birth. I'm proud of you," Nny said. He looked around. What was he supposed to do now? Finally he let his instinct take over and leaned down, giving her a kiss on the slightly sweaty temple. He was afraid she's hit him, but instead she leaned up a bit and kissed his lips.
"Grrg," Nny gasped, muffled. Tenna giggled.
Nny stood there in shock for a moment until he kissed Devi back.
*/*/*
More soon. If you don't like angst, you might want to stop reading this right now.
Here's the next chapter. It's a loooooong time later now, around, say, seven months. You guys like sweet stories? So do I. You like them, don't you?
You're not going to like the ending of this story. Just four or five more chapters, my children. And then the voyage is done.
*/*/*
Nny kicked his boots off as not to get any mud on Devi's carpet as he strode into her apartment. He could hear Devi and Tenna talking as he walked in.
"I'm back!" he called, looking around the living room.
"Hiya Nny. We're in the kitchen!" Devi called.
"Heya Johnny!" Tenna called.
Nny smiled as he walked into the kitchen. He and Devi had attained friendship status in the last seven months. Though Nny couldn't deny his ever present 'feelings' for Devi, he supposed friendship was the best he could hope for, and he was grateful for it. It made him feel very happy having these two friends he had so strangely made; he'd never really had friends before. Devi and Tenna were the first companions he could recall, though he did slightly remember having little playmates when he was in grade school.
"I got the groceries," Nny said , holding up the brown paper bag.
"Thanks Nny. I could have gone, but……it kind of takes a lot of energy toting 'this' around," Devi said, gesturing to her distended belly. Nny chuckled, sitting down in a chair.
"So Devi, when do you think the baby's coming. You're about three days overdue," Tenna said.
"I don't know. I hope soon. It's getting sort of tight around the middle for me," Devi said.
"I suppose it would," Nny said. He no longer felt that Devi resented him for putting her in her current state. They were on good terms again.
Nny was seriously wondering what was going to happen when the baby was born. He was thinking that it was going to be put up for adoption, but he wasn't entirely sure about that. He wondered what exactly what was going to happen.
"Uh, guys," Devi said, glancing around wildly.
"What?" Nny asked, dropping his thoughts.
"I think…….you know!"
"Wuh?" Tenna asked stupidly.
"I think it's coming!"
"Ohhhhhhh!" Tenna said.
Nny took action.
"OK, let's go," he said. He and Tenna helped Devi out of the apartment.
"We need to get a cab," Tenna said.
"Yeah. OK, Tenna, you get Devi a cab. Get her to the hospital. I'll go pack what we need and meet you at the hospital as soon as I can," Nny said.
"OK," Tenna said, and began helping Devi, who was breathing hard, down the hall. Nny patted Devi on the back.
"You're gonna be fine," he said, and then turned around and dove back into Devi's apartment, where he proceeded to find a suitcase.
Outside, Tenna hailed a cab.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
It seemed as though the cab was moving at a snail's pace. Nny gripped the back of the seat hard.
"Can't you go any faster?" he asked the driver, who only grunted.
"One speed only," he said.
"Come ON! My friend is having a baby!!! Hurry!" Nny yelled. The driver continued to inch along. "MOVE IT!!!!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
It was almost three hours later when the cab finally pulled up in front of the hospital. Nny threw a small wad of money at the driver's face and leaped out.
"Thanks a lot!" he called sarcastically at him, running inside.
A ways away at the front desk for the maternity section (or whatever), Nny halted, panting.
"What room's Devi D. in!?" he gasped, out of breath from running. He'd been yelled at by a bunch of people, but it hadn't stopped him from running like a bat out of hell.
"I can't give you that information, sir," said the woman at the desk, an unattractive bleached-blond thing with a nasty look on her face.
Nny grumbled. He whipped a knife out of his pocket and held it under her chin. She looked terrified.
"Where is Devi D.?" Nny asked again.
"Fine fine I'll check the records!" she gasped. He kept the knife close to her throat as she flipped through the records. "Room 319!" she gasped finally.
"Thank you for your cooperation. Now, I apologize for this, but you can't live after I've threatened you, or you'll end up getting me caught," Nny said, and with that he flung the sharp, long knife forward and decapitated her in one swift motion. Then he marched off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
After a few more seconds of furious running, Nny flung open the door of room 319, panting his head off. Devi was lying in the bed, holding something, and Tenna sat in a chair by the bed. Devi looked up and saw Nny. Her face was flushed and sweaty, but she grinned.
"Hey Nny, c'mere," Devi said. Nny walked over to the bed and stood there. The thing Devi was holding turned out to be a baby, and Nny was enthralled and nervous at the same time. The baby had black hair, green eyes, and was doing the general baby things. (I'm trying not to let my rather irrational hatred for babies show in this. Is it working?)
"Meet your son," Devi said, grinning. Nny didn't know what to do. He gave the baby a nervous little wave.
"He's a handsome little thing. What…….what's his name?" Nny asked.
"Yeah he is," Devi said, smiling. And then she frowned in concentration for a moment, oddly looking at Nny rather than the baby, then looking back and forth between the two. Then she smiled.
"His name's Johnny," she said. She held him out to Nny, and he took him nervously after a moment. Somehow he instinctively knew how to hold the little creature.
"You're naming him after me?" Nny asked, thinking that it was odd that she was naming an innocent baby after a homicidal maniac.
"Yes. He looks just like you. Look," Devi said. Nny looked.
Devi was right. The messy black hair on the baby's head oddly resembled Nny's. Though the eyes were Devi's shade of green, they were the same shape as Nny's. And the face was a miniature version of Nny's, though the angles were softened slightly.
"He does," Nny said, slightly awed.
"See. I told you," Devi said.
"So sweet," Tenna commented.
A nurse entered the room, looking at Nny suspiciously before speaking to Devi.
"What's his name?" she asked her, gesturing to the baby.
"Johnny," Devi replied.
"Very well then. Well, we gotta take him to the nursery now," the nurse said, coming over to them.
Nny handed baby Johnny to her somewhat reluctantly. She took him away. (baby Johnny, not Nny)
When she was gone, he spoke to Devi.
"Congratulations, Devi," he said.
"He's yours too, you know," she said.
"Well still, you had to go through the birth. I'm proud of you," Nny said. He looked around. What was he supposed to do now? Finally he let his instinct take over and leaned down, giving her a kiss on the slightly sweaty temple. He was afraid she's hit him, but instead she leaned up a bit and kissed his lips.
"Grrg," Nny gasped, muffled. Tenna giggled.
Nny stood there in shock for a moment until he kissed Devi back.
*/*/*
More soon. If you don't like angst, you might want to stop reading this right now.
